Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 14:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 214 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 668 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 113 100% 123 fps	Gravity 125 Splatting 104 100% 114 fps
Poor: 86% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 478GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 465 453 451 453 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 436 Mixed 333 SusWrite 452 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 33.7 112% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 212 197% 306 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 189 189 188 182 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 185 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 4x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $200Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	94x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	9x

RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples	13x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples	9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples	9x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16